16 Facts About Impinj

Impinj, Inc is a manufacturer of radio-frequency identification devices and software.

Impinj was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Impinj was started based on the research done at the California Institute of Technology by Carver Mead and Chris Diorio.

Impinj currently produces EPC Class 1, Gen 2 passive UHF RFID chips, RFID readers, RFID reader chips, and RFID antennas, and software applications for encoding chips, and gathering business intelligence on RFID systems.

Impinj was founded in 2000 based on the research of Carver Mead and his student Chris Diorio.

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In 2006, Impinj became the first company to introduce products based on the EPCglobal UHF Gen 2 standard.

In June 2008, Impinj sold its non-volatile memory business to Virage Logic.

Also in 2008, Impinj acquired the Intel RFID division, including an Intel-developed RFID reader chip.

In 2010, Impinj introduced its Monza 4 tag chips with increased read and write capabilities and more memory options.

Impinj developed the Monza X chips through a partnership with Intel that began in 2005.

Impinj created the Monza X-2K and Monza X-8K Dura chips with lockable memory blocks and two independent antennas, which allow the chips to be read by both near field and long range readers.

In 2008, Impinj acquired the Intel RFID division, including an Intel-developed RFID reader chip which Impinj renamed Indy R1000.

In 2009, Impinj unveiled the Indy R2000 reader chip, with increased performance designed for use in high-end readers for more challenging applications.

In 2010, Impinj further expanded their reader chip portfolio by introducing the Indy R500 reader chip, a lower cost chip for applications that don't require high performance.

In 2011, Impinj announced its STP Source Tagging Platform, a combination of a reader and firmware designed for mass encoding of RFID tags.

Impinj's Store Performance Simulator, released in June 2012, is a "Web-based analysis tool"designed to show retailers how RFID can increase the accuracy of their inventory and positively impact profitability.